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He has fans around the globe and his novels have been translated into numerous languages, and now readers are only two months away from his latest work. Well, readers in Japan that is. Haruki Murakami&lsquo;s Japanese publisher, Bungeishunju, anno...

Evangelion: 3. 33 You Can (Not) Redo to ship on home video on April 24 The official website for the Evangelion anime franchise announced on Tuesday that Evangelion: 3. 0 You Can (Not) Redo, the third part in Hideaki Anno and Khara's new four-film ...

While the good news is that you'll only have to weight two more months for a home video copy of Evangelion 3. 33, the bad is that the April 24th release will not have any English language options. The Blu-ray goes for 6,090yen ($65) while the DVD ...

Why There Is No KyoryuYellow A Yellow Sentai member has been a tradition for 26 years, starting from Flashman. The new series, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, breaks this tradition and chief producer, Takahito Ohmori explains why there is no Yellow.

Con season has begun! Many weekends will have multiple cons in many cities from now on and last weekend was one of them. I visited Animation On Display in San Francisco, CA and took photos of cosplayers there.

A video previewing the first five minutes of the first episode of the xxxHOLiC Live-action Drama, slated to start February 24th, that was recently posted to WOWOW's official website. The series features Anne as dimensional witch Yuuko, and Sho...

My Neighbor Totoro. Howl's Moving Castle. Princess Mononoke. These aren't only classics, they are stunning. Studio Ghibli is responsible for some of the most loved and best looking films in the past few decades.

GTO: 14 Days in Shonan vol. 7Revenge is a dish best served by Onizuka By Joseph Luster Be the first of your friends to like this. Posted 2/18/2013 Eikichi Onizuka's return to his old stomping grounds of Shonan has been a long and hard road thus fa...

An otome game is like a visual novel gal game/dating sim, but for the ladies. And, though Gintama originates in prominent boys' manga magazine Shonen Jump, it's little secret that the series isn't hurting for female fans.

Natsume has at least two PSP games in the pipeline. In addition to Carnage Heart EXA, Natsume also picked up Mystic Chronicles from Kemco. Mystic Chronicles is a throwback to Super Nintendo RPGs with pixilated heroes and turn based battles.

Namco Bandai has posted an extended new look at JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, featuring JoJos one through six, Steel Ball Run and now JoJoLion - voiced by Mitsuaki Madono (Bleach's Kon). Packaged DLC of Yoshikage Kira from Part Four -...

Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto stopped by to show a demo of the HD version of Final Fantasy X. The HD version will have new character models. Hashimoto says Square Enix wants Final Fantasy X’s HD remake to be the most polished HD remake.

Sony is working on a new PlayStation machine. According to the story Kotaku broke, it's called Orbis. That could be a codename—it also might be the console's final name. There are some reasons why Sony might not choose to call its machine the Play...

So good! In Japan, KFC is teaming up with the new Dragon Ball Z anime film, offering DBZ goodies when you order special meal deals. But that's not all. As previously mentioned (here, here and here), Japanese KFCs usually have Colonel Sanders statu...

Namco Bandai will release Summon Night 5 on May 16 for PSP. Summon Night 5 is the first new game since the PS2 title Summon Night: Granthese from 2010. Summon Night 5 has a new hero and heroine, but fans of the series will recognize some of the ...

Sony are adding another two free games to PlayStation Plus in the U. S. , that subscribers can download starting tomorrow—Vanquish for the PlayStation 3 and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X for PSP, which is also playable on PlayStation Vita.

Hidemi Matsuzuka, General Manager of the Square Enix figure brand and Play Arts Kai, posted an interesting tweet today. &ldquo;Prince,&rdquo; he said on Twitter, with the following image attached. [Spoiler (click to open)]That&rsquo;s Noctis eau d...

After a short preview of "Calling" PV has been revealed, another short preview of "Breathless" has been shown this morning via a few morning programs. Here's one of them, showing Ninomiya Kazunari as the center of their dance formation, because th...

FancyFrontier 21, Taiwan’s premier cosplay event, has as usual been attracting much admiring attention for the quality of cosplay on display – and with Ushijima apparently now persona non grata the organisers are no longer in danger of losing thei...

One Piece The Grandline Treasures Vol. 1-Big Mast Pen- is an oversized pen (30cm) with a big sail on it. Shipping in April for 1,500 yen ($17), honestly, it seems a bit silly. However, that has not prevented Banpresto from putting together a hyper...

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